1. acentosortográficos accent marks

2. help with pronunciation distinguishing between certain homonyms demonstrative pronouns indicating a question separating numerals acentosortográficosuses

3. If a word ends in a vowel, the letter s, or the letter n, the stress is on the next to last syllable; camino hablan muchachas acentosortográficospronunciation

4. In other words without an accent, the stress is on the last syllable; querer ciudad acentosortográficospronunciation

5. A written accent mark IS required if the situation is not as given in the above two rules, that is, when: acentosortográficospronunciation

6. The word ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or n or s and the stress falls on the last syllable;caminó canción verás acentosortográficospronunciation

7. The word ends in a consonant other than n or s and the stress falls on the next-to-last syllable; mártir cárcel acentosortográficospronunciation

8. The stress falls on any vowel more than two syllables from the end of the word; propósito dándomelo acentosortográficospronunciation

9. Does the word end in a, e, i, o, u, n, or s? “yes” + notstressed on the next-to-the-last syllable = written accent acentosortográficospronunciation

10. Does the word end in a, e, i, o, u, n, or s? “no” + not stressed on the last syllable = written accent acentosortográficospronunciation

11. A vowel may either gain or lose an accent when a word is put into plural or singular. examen (egg-SAW-men) exámenes (eggs-SAH-men-ess canción(kahn-SEEOHN) canciones (kahn-SEEOHN-ess) acentosortográficospronunciation

12. de (of, from); dé(formal command of dar) el (the); él (he) mas(but); más (more) mi (my); mí (me); se (pronoun); sé (1st person, present saber) si (if); sí (yes) solo (single, alone); sólo (only, solely) te (you - as an object); té (tea) tu (your); tú (you) acentosortográficosdistinguishing homonyms

13. demonstrative pronouns (éste, ése, and aquél, this one, that one) generally carry a written accent mark while demonstrative adjectives (este, ese, and aquel, this, that) never do. acentosortográficosdemonstrative pronouns

14. Question words are written with a written accent mark: ¿adónde?to where? ¿dónde?where? ¿cómo?how?, ¿cuál? which? ¿cuándo?when? ¿cuánto(s)? how much, how many? ¿qué?what, how? ¿quién(es)?who, whom? acentosortográficosindicating a question

15. The corresponding relative pronouns or connecting words are not: adondeto where comoas, like, because cualwhich, as cuandowhen cuanto(s) as much, as many dondewhere quewhich, that quienwho, whom acentosortográficosindicating a question

16. ¿Adónde vas? Where are you going? ¿Cuántocuesta? How much does it cost? ¡Quéinteresante! How interesting! No sécómo se llama. I don't know what his/her name is. acentosortográficosindicating a question

17. Cuandovengan, iremos al parque. When they come, we'll go to the park. Digoque no esverdad. I say that it isn't true. La mujer de quienhablases la jefa. The woman you're talking about is the boss. acentosortográficosindicating a question

18. The conjunctiono (meaning "or") in between numerals, it is accented to avoid confusion with the 0(zero). Tengocinco o seisradios I have five or six radios. Tengo5 ó 6 radios I have 5 or 6 radios. acentosortográficosseparating numerals